sue
English
Etymology
From Middle English seuen, sewen, siwen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman suer, siwer et al. and Old French sivre (“to follow after”) (modern French suivre), from Vulgar Latin *sequere (“to follow”), from Latin sequi. Cognate with Italian seguire and Spanish seguir. Doublet of segue. Related to suit.
Pronunciation
Verb
sue (third-person singular simple present sues, present participle suing, simple past and past participle sued)
- (transitive) To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal action.
- sue someone for selling a faulty product
- I plan to sue you for everything you have.
- 1897, Warren Bert Kimberly, “W. Horgan”, in History of West Australia:
- He was sued by the late Geo. Walpole Leake for slander, and after two trials, occupying eight days, he was mulcted in heavy damages and costs.
- (transitive, intransitive) To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.
- (transitive, falconry, of a hawk) To clean (the beak, etc.).
- (transitive, nautical) To leave high and dry on shore[1].
- to sue a ship
- (obsolete, transitive) To court.
- (obsolete, transitive) To follow.
- Template:RQ:Mlry MrtArthr2
- And the olde knyght seyde unto the yonge knyght, ‘Sir, swith me.’
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- though oft looking backward, well she vewd, / Her selfe freed from that foster insolent, / And that it was a knight, which now her sewd, / Yet she no lesse the knight feard, then that villein rude.
- Template:RQ:Mlry MrtArthr2
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:sue.
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Translations
to file a legal action
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References
- ^ 1841, Richard Henry Dana Jr., The Seaman's Friend
Anagrams
Ewe
Pronunciation
Adjective
sue
French
Pronunciation
Verb
sue
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: su‧e
Adjective
sue
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
sue
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈsu.e/, [ˈs̠uɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsu.e/, [ˈsuːe]
Verb
(deprecated template usage) sue
Noun
(deprecated template usage) sue
Middle English
Noun
sue
- Alternative form of sowe
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: su‧e
Verb
sue
Tarantino
Pronoun
sue m (possessive, feminine soje)
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